Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Angelica Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James W. Shaffer, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ James W. Shaffer                                               

James W. Shaffer

Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer of Angelica

Corporation

April 14, 2005